Results posted: 10 September 2021
64
Projects funded
$2,411,204
Total funding awarded
205
Eligible applications received
$6,964,959
Total funding requested
64 grants totalling $2,411,204 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.
Read a summary of this round's results which includes an overview of the results, and commentary on our observations about what the strongest applications this round included, both generally (ie across all artforms and applications) as well as artform-specific.
Who got funded this round
64 grants totalling $2,411,204 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
We received 205 eligible applications, with a total of $6,964,959 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 45 projects totalling $1,532,509 were supported. $4,890,212 was requested by 160 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 12 projects totalling $576,036 were supported. $1,304,065 was requested by 29 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 7 projects totalling $332,660 were supported. $770,682 was requested by 16 applicants.
Also:
- 24 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 21 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 14 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 4 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 1 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 4 Community Arts
- 5 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts
- 2 Dance
- 3 Interarts
- 14 Literature
- 8 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 8 Music
- 3 Pacific heritage arts
- 7 Theatre
- 8 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 139 activities in the following regions:
- 28 Wellington
- 25 Auckland
- 23 Northland
- 21 National
- 9 Online
- 9 Bay of Plenty
- 6 Gisborne
- 5 Canterbury
- 4 Hawkes Bay
- 4 Overseas
- 3 Waikato
- 1 Nelson-Marlborough
- 1 Taranaki
Funded projects
$57,613 - Towards a video collection of poetry by youth addressing current youth issues and a development retreat for community arts facilitators.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Action Education Incorporated
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$21,100 - To present a chamber music concert series featuring leading New Zealand musicians.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Adam Chamber Music Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$23,870 - To complete a first draft of Black Kite, a new dark comedy novel, for the Todd New Writer's Bursary.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Amy McDaid
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$52,103 - Towards a multimedia artwork featuring indigenous Samoan instruments, rhythms, chants and language.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Andrew Faleatua
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$12,540 - Towards associated costs for an anthology of poems from Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Anne Kennedy
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$58,230 - To support two terms of Hutt Valley Arohanui Strings Sistema-inspired music education activities.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Arohanui Strings - Sistema Hutt Valley
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$65,600 - Towards associated costs for a Creative Director role and artist residency programme within Auckland Pride Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Auckland Pride Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$65,600 - Towards presenting a new and original play ‘Po' Boys and Oysters’, written by Estelle Chout.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Black Creatives Aotearoa
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$46,415 - To publish a book that documents 40 years of Māori moving image practice in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
$44,225 - Towards the marketing and release of an EP, a haiku poetry booklet and music video.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Christine White
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - Towards the production and distribution costs of Re-Draft 21, an anthology of top New Zealand teenage writing.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Clerestory Press
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - To support the delivery of New Zealand Fringe Festival Artist Development Programme 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Creative Capital Arts Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$35,600 - To complete an allegorical novel about the collapse of democracy in an organisation of alpaca breeders.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Duncan Sarkies
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$26,949 - Towards the research and development of marking on uku to tell stories of HIneukurangi.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Esther Mcdonald
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$72,038 - Towards the development and presentation of a choregraphed artistic parade and headlining act for Lumino City Festival 2021.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Events NZ Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$35,023 - To revive the tradition of matangirua, sailing waka ama, in Tauranga Moana and across Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Frank Kawe
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$6,626 - Towards a series of art workshops and online exhibition to support people living with cancer.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Jayne Baume
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$42,022 - Ki te whakaatu i ngā puawaitanga o ngā rākau Māori.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Joanne Tito
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$10,980 - Towards final development of a dance performance work that explores the choreography of drawing.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Joshua Rutter
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,100 - Towards the recording of the play 'I'll Tell You This for Nothing - My Mother the War Hero' to be used for digital delivery.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Kate JasonSmith
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$16,100 - Towards a play that tells a story of colonisation, migration and the consequent loss of belonging and autonomy.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Keagan Fransch
$15,000 - To publish a pictorial journey through the history of bicycle design, manufacturing and use in Aotearoa from 1869 to today.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Kennett Bros
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,495 - Towards a return season of 'The Secret Lives of Sixteen Year-Old Girls'.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Kerryn Palmer
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$60,955 - Towards redevelopment of Tokelau and Uvea song, dance, and live music showcase using traditional and contemporary dance forms.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Kupega Affect
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$5,000 - Towards publishing the debut novel of Alice Tawhai.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Lawrence & Gibson publishing
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,700 - Little Andromeda Theatre, to be open October 2021–March 2022.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Little Andromeda
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$62,000 - Towards the creation of whakairo for new Marumaru Paepae, Waharoa, Manuhiri structures and new Tekoteko Parata for Wharenui.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Lyonel Grant
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$5,000 - To publish a novel, 'Entanglement', by Bryan Walpert.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Makaro Press
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$62,713 - Towards a small heritage va'a festival supported by a talanoa.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Mata o Ali'i Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$62,154 - To create new music and guided activities for parents to mindfully connect with their children.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Michal Bush
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,871 - Towards weaving a large-scale textile installation for exhibition at Sculpture in the Garden 2022.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Michelle Mayn
$20,700 - Towards writing 'The Anatomy of Sand', a poetry collection about migration and belonging.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Mikaela Nyman
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$11,500 - To commission new works by four New Zealand composers for Japanese musicians.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Music Group
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$15,000 - Towards research and wananga costs to further develop, 'Kubaho', an all-female, indigenous-led publication in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Natasha Ratuva
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$16,740 - To hold a two-week ceramics wananga and exhibition.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Nga Kaihanga Uku
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$44,000 - Towards a critique on Māori Art, Form and Function before and after COVID-19.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: Ngahiraka Mason
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$46,300 - Towards the non-profit activities at 2022 Aotearoa Art Fair (projects exhibition, public talks, curatorial workshop and new writing workshop).
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: North Port Events / Auckland Art Fair
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$14,895 - To record concert performances of 'Hark, Sweet Music'.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: NZ Barok
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards new works for the Hawaii Triennial 2022.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: Pacific Sisters
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$68,356 - To produce a documentary about the late Buck Nin, an important contemporary Māori artist.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Paul Judge
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$30,622 - To produce high-quality music by Bay of Plenty hiphop artists in collaboration with Dawn Raid Entertainment.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Phreaze Factory
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$60,000 - To research and write two books: a novel for children, and a creative non-fiction book for adults.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Rachael King
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$21,448 - To publish two innovative and high-quality print publications with Sorawit Songsataya, and Annie Mackenzie and Dave Marshall.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Sophie Davis
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$12,500 - Towards associated editorial and contributor costs for issues 13 and 14 of Starling.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Starling
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$24,424 - Towards writing and publishing a collection of stories set on and around Kohu Ra Tuarua, the Rawene to Kohukohu car ferry.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Susan Pointon
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$25,271 - Towards an exhibition, talanoa and workshops at Hawkes Bay Arts Festival.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: TA'ALILI Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$21,900 - Towards New Zealand's first development research and workshop about the whakapapa between Ngātoro-i-rangi and Pele-honua-mea.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Taiaroa Royal
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$27,550 - Towards a regional tour of Tama Waipara's new album, Te Katoa.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Tama o Rangi Waipara
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$75,000 - Towards the research and development of artworks for exhibition in 2023.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Te Rongo Kirkwood
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$75,000 - Towards a multi-artform festival in Gisborne.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Te Tairawhiti Arts Festival Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$9,357 - To record digital content and a live performance to promote The Beths' forthcoming LP and international tour.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: The Beths
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$25,765 - Towards publishing five books: an off-the-grid memoir, a crime novel, a historical novel and two books of poems.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: The Cuba Press
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards the presentation of a new programme of performance and live art on Wellington Waterfront.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: The Performance Arcade Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$37,277 - Towards creating equitable access to the arts by enabling children from low decile schools and ECEs to attend Tim Bray Theatre Company shows for free.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Tim Bray Theatre Company
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$17,571 - To create new work for exhibition at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in association with Design Canberra Festival.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Tyler Jackson
$21,572 - Towards a series of talks with Pasifika artists in Tāmaki Makaurau.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Ufitia Sagapolutele
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$69,525 - Towards the delivery and presentation of Upsurge Festival in April 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Upsurge Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$59,000 - Towards two volumes of written work that will update ‘Te Ao Mārama’, edited by Witi Ihimaera.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Vaughan Rapatahana
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$35,045 - Towards rehearsal of the adaptation of 'Hello Darkness' by Victor Rodger.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Victor Rodger
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$75,000 - Towards Virtuoso Strings after-school and orchestral music programmes in Porirua.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust
$74,850 - Towards an exhibition by 12 Māori women who have continuously opposed colonisation and the impacts on Māori through their art.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Wahine Maori, The Art of Reistance
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$6,500 - Towards presenting Ceramicus 2021.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Wellington Potters Association
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$47,752 - Towards associated costs for Wellington Zinefest.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Wellington Zinefest
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards strengthening Mataraunga Maori using Toi Uku for all Maori and the development of new work in a large format.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Wi Taepa
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
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